Oppo foldable concept phone looks eerily similar to Huawei Mate X

Greg Santos |Tuesday, February 26, 2019

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Without using the Mate X, it's hard to say whether Huawei has taken the right path with its design. "Samsung and Huawei will account for the majority of foldablesmartphones shipped in 2019, but high shipment numbers are not the priority".

It should be noted than neither the Mate X nor the Galaxy Fold have been made accessible to the press to actually touch, use and get a feeling of the phones. But more importantly, the 6.6-inch display on the front that you get when folded beats the Galaxy Fold's tiny 4.6-inch display.

Introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday, the Mate X has a flexible OLED display that covers both the front and back of the device, and which unfolds outwards to become an eight-inch (20cm) tablet screen. As Balong 5000 is also the world's first chipset to support both SA and NSA architectures, users will not need a device upgrade to continue enjoying 5G connectivity.

It doesn't help that the shape the flexibility of the device makes it an unusual one to protect with a case. The device will also have 55W SuperCharge, with claims that the Mate X can charge up to 85% of its battery in 30 minutes.

In the photography department, it comes equipped with a Leica-branded triple-camera configuration that comprises a 40-megapixel wide angle lens, 16-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens, and 8-megapixel telephoto lens. The phone will also feature a 4500 mAh battery to compensate for the increased power consumption of 5G. Folded, meanwhile, the phone is 11mm thick.

Out of the box, it runs on Android 9 Pie with an EMUI 9.1.1 skin on top. And holy moly does it look superior than Samsung's foldable phone in every way.

The finished product is a decidedly premium handset that is far more polished than the prototype Samsung showed off prior to the Galaxy Fold's launch.

To catch the presentation, hit that play button below - it should jump to 1:21 and the start of the Mate X portion. After all, glass can't exactly fold. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Fold has its plastic display safe and secure when it's folded.

The phone will be available in mid-2019 and has a price tag of 2,299 euros ($2,600). If you had pondered on the Galaxy fold price of $1980, then the Mate X is way too expensive to peep on.

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